Time: Sun Dec 14 03:12:20 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Social Security Privatization, Reason Prize Packages (fwd0 Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 18:56:41 -0600 >From: "Free-Market.Net" <chris@free-market.net> >To: FMNews List Members <FMNews@free-market.net> >Subject: FMNews: Social Security Privatization, Reason Prize Packages > > >Free-Market.Net News Announcement >--------------------------------- > >In this update: > > * Social Security Privatization Back in the Spotlight > > * Reason Magazine Holiday Prize Packages > > * Winner of November Drawing > > * Free-Market.Net Enlists New Partners > > >Social Security Privatization Back in the Spotlight >--------------------------------------------------- ><http://www.free-market.net/features/spotlight/9712.html> > >You free-market.com veterans might remember that our first >Policy Spotlight back in January of this year was on >the fight for Social Security privatization. Since then, >a lot has happened, and things are still rolling fast. > >Just this week, The Cato Institute and The Economist >are co-sponsoring a conference in London on "Solving >the Global Pension Crisis." Last week, the Oregon proposal >for "opting-out" of federal Social Security -- developed >by The Cascade Policy Institute and Jose Pinera -- was >addressed at the American Legislative Exchange Council's >December conference. (ALEC is a national group of >conservative state legislators.) > >As Jerry Tuccille writes in his Media Spotlight column, >"That Social Security is financially unsound is now >a matter of common wisdom in news stories about entitlements >and budgetary issues.... even the most unreconstructed >New Deal idolaters among the ranks of the Fourth Estate >admit that they hope the system is still under warranty." > >Privatization has become a reality, or a real possibility, >all around the world. Many free-marketeers believe that this >is the most significant opportunity we have had in years, >and it is crucial that we take advantage of it. If you doubt >the significance of the issue, remember this: in the U.S., >we are talking about one-fifth of the federal government's >current spending. > >If you'd like a quick overview and update on the situation -- >or if you want a starting point for in-depth research -- >come visit the December Policy Spotlight. As always, >you'll find: > > * A concise introduction. > > * Media Spotlight on the mainstream coverage. > > * Annotated links to all the important sources > of online information (with special attention > to what our free-market allies have to offer). > > * Open forum for discussion and debate. > >Come check out the Policy Spotlight at: ><http://www.free-market.net/features/spotlight/> > > > >Free Drawing for Reason Magazine Holiday Prize Packages >------------------------------------------------------- ><http://www.free-market.net/features/lottery/> > >As many of you know, Reason Magazine is the undisputed >champion of libertarian periodicals. T.J. Rodgers, >the very-cool, anti-PC, CEO and president of Cypress >Semiconductor wrote that, "Reason is my favorite and only >periodical on political and current events. It pierces >through the non-rational dogma of both the Left and the Right >to provide insight based on fact and reason. A must read." > >This month, our friends at Reason are offering three >Free-Market.Net readers a special Holiday Gift Package. >The randomly-chosen grand prize winner will receive: > > * One-year, 11-issue, subscription to Reason -- > a $19.95 value. > > * Reason Magazine coffee mug -- not available for sale. > > * Autographed copy of "Free Minds and Free Markets," > edited by Virginia Postrel and Robert W. Poole, Jr. > This anthology of classic articles from Reason's first > 25 years includes contributions from Milton Friedman, > Charles Murray, George Gilder, and many others. > Hardcover, 377 pages, retails for $24.95. Virginia > Postrel and Bob Poole will both be autographing > your copy, making it, of course, priceless. > >Two runners-up will receive a one-year subscription. If any >of the winners already have subscriptions, they will be extended. > >Stop by the FMN Web site to register for your chance to win: ><http://www.free-market.net/features/lottery/> > >It's free, and without obligation. (We're just trying to get >your attention!) > > > >Winner of November "It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand" Drawing >------------------------------------------------------------ ><http://www.free-market.net/features/lottery/past.html> > >Last month's free give-away of an autographed copy of Jerome >Tuccille's libertarian odyssey "It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand" >was won by Michael Nichols, a computer consultant in New York. > >Laissez Faire Books is selling copies of this 25th anniversary >edition for $12.95. A nice gift for all the libertarians >on your holiday shopping list (like me, for example). ><http://laissezfaire.org/li7650.html> > > > >Free-Market.Net Enlists New Partner Organizations >------------------------------------------------- ><http://www.free-market.net/partners/> > >Over the past few days, our network has added three >valuable new partners. The Cato Institute, the Mackinac >Center for Public Policy, and American Liberty Publishers >have all signed on with Free-Market.Net. They join Reason >Magazine, Laissez Faire Books, Gold & Silver Reserve, Inc., >and the Libertarian Party of Minnesota. > >Partners are the organizational equivalent of FMN's members. >As with members, we help partners take full advantage of the >Internet by offering them tools that would be impossible >or prohibitively expensive to do independently. We help them >effectively mine the Internet's resources, and maximize >the exposure that their own resources receive. We assist >our partners in networking with you, and in reaching out >to a wider audience. > >And like members, partners help cover the costs of running >Free-Market.Net. They contribute to making libertarian ideas >more accessible and inviting through our directory, search >engines, features, forums, and special programs. > >Partners and members are essential to Free-Market.Net's >success, like solid support in a squishy sea of political >arrogance, animosity, ignorance, and apathy. Would we jump ship >if we didn't get your support? Would we go into something more >profitable, like, say, distributing videotapes of Pamela Anderson >and Tommy Lee? Probably not. We love what we do. But it is only >with your help that we have a real impact on the future. >Without members and partners, we would be a lonely rowboat, >instead of an aircraft carrier. > >If you are not already a member, I hope you will consider joining. >And if you operate an organization that contributes to freedom, >I hope we can discuss enlisting you as a partner. > ><http://www.free-market.net/about/members.html> ><http://www.free-market.net/about/partners.html> > > >Yours in Liberty, > >Chris > > ==================================================================== > Chris Whitten, Executive Director <chris@free-market.net> > The Henry Hazlitt Foundation <http://www.hazlitt.org/> > 401 N. 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